Introductory statement. This study represents the development of an in-service program of teaching language arts in the elementary grades and the development of an acceptable scope and plan to be followed in the teaching of language arts in the Ripon Elementary School. One of the major purposes of in-service education is the development of common values and goals in the staff of a school--a group which must work co-operatively over a period of time. The Ripon Elementary School staff, through review of the present curriculum, considered language arts to be one area which required further study